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'''West Java''' ({{langx|id|Jawa Barat}}, {{langx|su|{{Sund|ᮏᮝ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪}}|Jawa Kulon}}) is an [[Indonesia]]n [[Provinces of Indonesia|province]] on the western part of the island of [[Java]], with its provincial capital in [[Bandung]]. West Java is bordered by the province of [[Banten]] and the country's capital region of [[Jakarta]] to the west, the [[Java Sea]] to the north, the province of [[Central Java]] to the east and the [[Indian Ocean]] to the south. With [[Banten]], this province is the native homeland of the [[Sundanese people]], the [[Ethnic groups in Indonesia|second-largest ethnic group in Indonesia]].

West Java was one of the first eight provinces of Indonesia formed following the [[Proclamation of Indonesian Independence|country's independence proclamation]] and was later legally re-established on 14 July 1950. In 19661960, the city of [[Jakarta]] was split off from West Java as a 'special capital region' ({{lang|id|Daerah Khusus Ibukota}}), with a status equivalent to that of a province,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Jakarta|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica Online|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9106450/Jakarta#13148.toc|access-date=17 September 2007|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|archive-date=11 November 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111193732/http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9106450/Jakarta#13148.toc|url-status=live}}</ref> while in 2000 the western parts of the province were in turn split away to form a separate [[Banten]] province.

Even following these split-offs, West Java is by far the most populous province of Indonesia with a population of 48,274,162 as of the 2020 Census,<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2021">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.</ref> which grew to 50,345,189 at mid 2024 according to the official estimates;<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2025">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Provinsi Jawa Barat Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.32)</ref> the population continues to grew and surpassed the 50 millions milestone during late 2023. The province's largest cities, [[Bekasi]] (a [[satellite city]] within the [[Jakarta metropolitan area]]), [[Bandung]] and [[Depok]] (the latter also within the Jakarta metropolitan area), are the third, fourth and sixth [[List of Indonesian cities by population|most populous cities in Indonesia]] respectively. Bandung is also one of the [[List of cities proper by population density|most densely populated cities proper in the world]].<ref name="depkes.go.id">{{cite web|access-date=20 February 2014|url=http://www.depkes.go.id/downloads/Penduduk%20Kab%20Kota%20Umur%20Tunggal%202014.pdf|title=Estimasi Penduduk Menurut Umur Tunggal Dan Jenis Kelamin 2014 Kementerian Kesehatan|archive-date=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208021950/http://depkes.go.id/downloads/Penduduk%20Kab%20Kota%20Umur%20Tunggal%202014.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>